Most people today go for an unlimited internet plan, as it allows you to download unlimited amount of data from the internet. But some people, who do not have unlimited internet plan, should watch out for any unnecessary downloads and monitor their bandwidth. The Freemeter Bandwidth Monitor is a free software for Windows that can help you how much data you are downloading from the internet. It shows the bytes being downloaded and uploaded from your computer in a graphical format.
Read moreHow to Remove FBI MoneyPak Reveton Malware
FBI MoneyPak or Reveton is a ransomware that locks your computer screen and asks you to deposit US$100 to unlock the screen. The locked screen shows a fake FBI warning screen displaying the message that your PC has been found to download illegal or copyrighted material like pirated software, movies or mp3. The style of message and words are used in such a way as to cause a panic in the user. It also shows your IP address and your ISP name which not very difficult to do.
Read moreCrystalDiskMark : Benchmark Your Hard Disk Drives
So you bought a new hard disk and are excited about its size and speed? But if you want to know the real read and write speeds and other performance factors of your hard disk, then you can use the free CrystalDiskMark. It is a free software that can be used to benchmark your hard disk drives (HDD) and solid state drives (SSD). CrystalDiskMark tests the read and write speeds of your HDD and SDD drives using four different test methods.
Read moreHow to Manually Update Firefox in Windows
All the modern browsers like Firefox and Chrome have an auto-update feature and they keep updating themselves automatically whenever an update is available. Basically this involves the downloading of the new setup file and installing it in the background. But sometimes the Firefox update does not work because the installer fails to run properly and hangs up. If you cannot install or update Firefox normally using its setup installer, then you can update it manually.
Read moreiDisplay : Turn Your Smartphone into Secondary Monitor
If you have a smaller monitor or your monitor is just filled with all kinds of windows and programs, then do not worry – iDisplay is here to rescue. iDisplay is a powerful application for Windows and Mac that lets you turn your smartphone or tablet into a secondary monitor. It supports both the Android and iPhone mobile devices and is completely free of charge. This way you can shift less important applications to your smartphone or tablet and make your desktop monitor less cluttered.
Read moreRBTray : Minimize Any Application to System Tray
The System Tray or Notification Area in Windows plays an important role in how we use the programs. The frequently used programs are supposed to be minimized to the taskbar while not so less frequently used programs are put in the System Tray. Unfortunately, most of the application do not give option to minimize them in the System Tray. With the help of open source application RBTray you can minimize any application in Windows to the system tray.
Read moreOrpalis PaperScan : Scan and Edit Your Documents
Scanning from a scanner is very easy, all you have to do is press the Scan button on the printer. The only problem is that you have no way to edit and cleanup the scanned images or documents before saving them. Orpalis PaperScan is a great scanner application that not only scans documents from scanners but also lets you clean up and edit the scanned documents before saving them.
Read moreHow to Clear Host Resolver Cache in Google Chrome
Google Chrome is the fastest web browser on this planet. Part of this fastness comes from its ability to prefetch the domain name resolutions for the most visited domains names. The DNS service is how a domain name like trishtech.com are resolved into the IP address like 73.254.28.37. Google Chrome saves the time to resolve the domain names into respective IP addresses by prefetching the most common domain names and storing them in the Host Resolver Cache.
Read moreCodeTwo Desktop QR Code Reader : Decode QR Codes in Windows
Everyone carries a smartphones these days. Your smartphones come equipped with one or other QR code reader. If your smartphone does not come with a QR reader, then you can easily download a free one from Google Play (for Android) or Apple Store (for iPhone). But when it comes to Windows, there is no QR reader app that can scan the QR code on screen and decode it. But now CodeTwo Desktop QR Reader has come to fill this void. It is a freeware QR Reader program for Windows.
Read moreHow to Clear Download History in Google Chrome
If you have ever downloaded something in Google Chrome web browser, then you know that it shows a download bar near the bottom edge of the browser window. All the files that you have ever downloaded are shown in this download bar. These downloads are not automatically cleared by the Google Chrome browser. Unlike Mozilla Firefox, there is no easily visible method to clear the downloaded files list either. But you can clear the downloaded files history from the downloads page.
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